Senator Loren Legarda urged the government to prioritize better-paying jobs, higher household incomes, and concrete measures to bring down the cost of essential goods and services amid rising prices, slowing economic growth, and increasing unemployment.
With inflation reaching 7.8% in October, rising to 9.5% among the poorest 30% of households, economic growth slowing to 2.1% in the third quarter, and 2.86 million Filipinos unemployed as of September, Legarda stressed that economic recovery must translate into meaningful improvements in the lives of […]
As the country observes National Reading Month and the 36th Library and Information Services Month this November, Senator Loren Legarda called for the modernization of public libraries to ensure that Filipinos have better access to books, digital resources, and learning spaces that meet their changing needs.
Legarda said the two observances highlight the need to make libraries more useful to communities, particularly students who lack reliable internet access, learning materials, or suitable places to study.
“Maraming estudyanteng gustong mag-aral pero walang tahimik […]
Senator Loren Legarda is seeking to double the statutory night shift differential for covered private-sector workers from the current minimum of ten percent (10%) to twenty percent (20%), emphasizing that the compensation standard has remained unchanged for more than five decades despite changes in the economy and growing evidence on the health burden associated with working at night.
Under Legarda’s proposed measure, Article 86 of the Labor Code would be amended to require a night shift differential of not less than […]
Senator Loren Legarda welcomed the inscription of three Philippine documentary heritage collections in the UNESCO Memory of the World Regional Register for Asia and the Pacific, calling the recognition a significant milestone in preserving the country’s history and cultural identity.
The Laguna Copperplate Inscription, the Baybayin Documents in the Archivo de la Universidad de Santo Tomas, and the Ramon Obusan Folkloric Group Audiovisual Archive were inscribed during the 11th General Meeting of the Memory of the World Committee for Asia and […]
Senator Loren Legarda has filed Senate Resolution No. 759, seeking an investigation, in aid of legislation, into the reported improper disposal of deceased dogs and cats in the City of San Jose del Monte, Bulacan, and the adequacy of existing regulations governing pet cremation and aftercare services in the Philippines.
The resolution follows reports of the discovery of the remains of deceased dogs and cats in several areas of the City of San Jose del Monte, allegedly linked to a pet […]
